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Aaron Sorkin; Leighton House; Goldsmiths Prize; Dreda Say Mitchell

The West Wing creator, Aaron Sorkin, on The Newsroom; Leighton House welcomes paintings from The Perez Simon Collection; the Goldsmiths Prize winner; and writer Dreda Say Mitchell.

The Oscar-winning writer and producer Aaron Sorkin, acclaimed for The Social Network and The West Wing, talks to Kirsty Lang as the final season of The Newsroom airs.

Kirsty visits Leighton House in London as paintings from The P茅rez Sim贸n Collection, the largest private collection of Victorian art outside the UK, go on display there, including some significant works by Lord Frederick Leighton now returning to the house where they were painted.

We speak to Ali Smith, author of How to be Both, the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2014.

And crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell joins Kirsty to talk about her new thriller, Vendetta - which features an undercover cop who falls in love with one of the members of the criminal gang that he has infiltrated.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Aaron Sorkin

    Duration: 09:25

  • Leighton House

    Duration: 07:54

  • Ali Smith winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2014

    Duration: 03:27

  • Dreda Say Mitchell

    Duration: 07:09

The Newsroom

The Newsroom

The third season of begins tonight, Wednesday 12 November, on Sky Atlantic at 10pm


A Victorian Obsession

A Victorian Obsession

is showing at the Leighton House Museum in London from 14 November 2014 until 29 March 2015.

Image: Lord Leighton Frederic - 'Greek girls picking up pebbles by the sea', 1871. Oil on canvas. The P茅rez Sim贸n collection, Mexico 漏 Studio S茅bert Photographes.

Dreda Say Mitchell

Dreda Say Mitchell

聽by Dreda Say Mitchell is available in paperback and ebook now.


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Sarah Johnson
Interviewed Guest Daniel Robbins
Interviewed Guest Veronique Gerard Powell
Interviewed Guest Aaron Sorkin
Interviewed Guest Dreda Say Mitchell

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Nov 2014 19:15

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